Apr 23, 2015
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United Nations, New York, USA, April 22 2015 – General Assembly high-level debate on Promoting Religion Tolerance and Reconciliation: Fostering Peaceful, Inclusive Societies and Countering Violent Extremism. On the Photo: Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, Sam Kutesa, Ban Ki-moon, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Roman Catholic, Cardinal, Archbishop, Abuja, Samdech Tep Vong, Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia, Reverend Lee Stoneking, Photo by: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said terrorists are misusing religion, and said good government was the remedy. “Missiles may kill terrorists, but I’m convinced that good governance is what will kill terrorism. That is why I urge you to [Read More]
Aug 15, 2014
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People of Iraq need security, UN Secretary General By La Shawn Pagán As members of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) continue to terrorize Yazidis and trapping non-ISIS sympathizers in Mount Sinjar, reports of escalating violence in the area has caused the Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon to ask the international community to pay more attention to what’s happening in the Middle Eastern country. “The people of Iraq – all Iraqi people – need security,” the Secretary General told members of the press at the daily noon briefing at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. “Yet the poison [Read More]